this one's from back when modest mouse didn't suck balls and you could go to the metro and see them for $6. One of my favorite songs.

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MODEST MOUSE - Cowboy Dan

Tabbed by: Truly Ninja
Email: trulyninja@hotmail.com

Tuning:EADGBe

My favorite mouse song...

Riff 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---11-12----11-12----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-9-------12-------12-11----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11--11-11--X----------------------------------------------------|
D|-X--X---X--X--X---X--X---X--11-11--11-11-11-11--11-12-11-12-11-x-9-9-9-9-------|
A|-9---9--9---9--9---9---9---X--X--X---X--X--X---X---X---X--X--X--X--X-X-X-X-X-------|
E|-------------------------9----9--9--9--9---9--9---10---9--10--9--X-7---7-7-7-------|

(This is part of riff two, throw it in occasionally where the first set of triple xxx's is)
e|-----7h--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----7h--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7h-(bend and release all)------------------------------------------|
D|-----7h--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----7h--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----7h--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--11----11----11--------------------------11-------------------11------------------------|
A|----12----12----12------11----11----11-------12-9----9----9-------12-9-------------------|
E|-------------------9-10----12----12----12---------10--10--10---------10-9-10-7-9-10-12-|

Riff 4
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--11-12-14--14-12-11-9/7-7/9--11-9-7-7-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-X---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--X--X-(x14)-11------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9--X-------X--(x14)------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------9-------------------------------------------------------------|

ORDER AND TIMING
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Riff 1
0:00 - 1:05
Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean
And he's gonna start a war
He's gonna start a war
And he hops in his pickup, puts his pedal to the floor
And says, "I got mine, but I want more."

Because Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean
He drove the desert, fired his rifle in the sky
And said, "God, if I have to die, you will have to die."

Because Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He didn't move to the city:
"The city moved to me,
And I want out desperately."

Riff Two
1:06 - 1:50
Can't do it
Not even if sober
Can't get that engine turned over
Can't do it
Not even if sober
Can't get that engine turned over
Don't know
not even if sober
Can't get that engine turned over

Riff 1
1:51 - 2:05
(No Lyrics)

Here's the seamless transition between riff one and riff three
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-(riff one)--(riff three)--------------------------------------------------|
D|----11-12-----11-----------------------------------------------------------|
A---9-------12-----12--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------9-10---------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3
2:06 - 3:15
Standing in the tall grass
Thinking nothing
You know
We need oxygen to breathe
Oxygen to breathe

Standing in the tall grass
Thinking nothing
You know
We need oxygen to breathe
Oxygen to breathe

Riff 4
3:16 - 3:56
Everytime you think you're walking,
You're just moving the ground
Everytime you think you're talking,
You're just moving your mouth
Everytime you think you're looking,
You're just looking down

Riff 1
3:57 - 4:42
Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean
He hops in his pickup, puts the pedal to the floor
And says, "I got mine, but I want more."

'Cause Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean
He drove the desert, fired his rifle in the sky
And says, "God, if I have to die, you will have to die."

Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He goes the the reservation, drinks and gets mean
He didn't move to the city:
"The city moved to me,
And I want out desperately"

Riff 2
4:43 - 5:23
Can't do it
Not even if sober
Can't get that engine turned over
Can't do it
Not even if sober
Can't get that engine turned over
Don't know
not even if sober
Can't get that engine turned over

Riff 5
5:24 - 5:32

Riff 2
5:33 - 5:56

Riff 5
5:57 - 6:07

End on this chord
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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--X------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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